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Sessão Deliberativa Extraordinária Semipresencial (AM nº 123/2020)
53 statements · 1 politicians · November 4, 2025
Statements by Tabata Amaral. 53 transcribed statements, with topic and stance on the ones the analysis classified. Topics: Family assistance, Education and daycare, Labor policy, Mental Health.
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About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
Mr. President, I begin my speech by making an appeal to those who think paternity leave is not important; an appeal to those who think the responsibility for the birth lies solely with the mother; an appeal to those who have been telling me, for some weeks now, that 5 days is enough, 30 days is too much, and that there is no need for more days, and that it would be better to extend the mother's leave, but that the father does not need to be present.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
Do not vote according to the way you were raised; do not vote according to the way you raised your children.
I am not making any value judgment. We do what we can, what is possible.
There are moments, in history, in life, when we need to leave some things in the past, when we need to make room for the new to arrive.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
We need to listen to those mothers who are desperate because they are tired; because they are alone; because they are facing depression; because they are still in the hospital; because they are dealing with an illness; because they still cannot manage to do it on their own; and because they should not have to do it alone.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
I want to ask you to cast a vote for the children who have not yet been born, for those who deserve to have the father, in the first days, to build a bond; a vote for the fathers who have no idea how they are going to learn to do this, who are terrified, who are also insecure, and who, often, are aggressive because they do not know how to deal with that feeling.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
Vote, not looking at how you did it, at how you were treated, but vote for these families, so that they can have a little more time, space to get used to it, to cope with these changes, to invest in their families.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
I could have listed all the data showing this will be better for women's mental health, that it will be better for men's mental health, that it will be more profitable for companies, that the mother will be able to return more easily, that the family will be stronger against crime, against drugs, against everything the world will put out there.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
However, today is no longer about data, it is not about financial impact, but about a choice that each and every one will have to make when recording their vote, whether to give this vote of confidence to Brazilian families, to the children, to early childhood, whether to give this vote for women or whether to be guided by what you have seen so far and by your prejudices.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
Five days, 15 days, 20 days... Mr. President, what we are asking for here, 30 days, in a process of building consensus, is the minimum for that family to stabilize, and it is no coincidence that we are together, women from the Left and the Right and civil society, with our Rapporteur Pedro Campos, with our Leader Jack Rocha, to say that this agenda belongs to all of us.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
I ask you: 30 days is the minimum, for these families... (Microphone turned off.)
Thank you very much, Mr. President. I am very grateful to our Leader, Rapporteur, Deputy Pedro Campos.
This has been a historic struggle for many years.
I have the honor of being here with Deputy Alceni, who was a Constituent Deputy, responsible for paternity leave.
What an honor it is to walk alongside Deputies like you, like Deputy Pedro Campos, who have joined this struggle of our Women's Caucus, which did not begin today.
There was a working group, there was a Parliamentary Front, numerous bills, a collective construction from the Left to the Right.
I salute here our Leader, Deputy Jack Rocha, our Leader Benê da Silva, my Leader Laura Carneiro, who is here, Deputy Chris Tonietto, Senator Damares Alves, so many women who have joined this struggle.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
We are taking a step to strengthen the family, to strengthen early childhood, to strengthen mental health, this bond, together with society.
(Microphone turned off.) Ms. TABATA AMARAL (PSB - SP) - I also thank CoPai Coal ization Paternity Leave Coalition and all civil society that walked alongside us.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
What a joy: after 37 years, we are able to take this historic step, we are able to strengthen the family, taking it out of rhetoric and putting it into practice.
About: strengthen families through public policies
A stronger Brazil depends on stronger families.
About: increase investment in early childhood policies and family support
A healthier Brazil depends on families that focus on early childhood.
(Microphone turned off.) Ms. TABATA AMARAL (PSB - SP) - Thank you, Mr. President.
So, thank you very much to each and every one of you, who in the past years (because they were years of struggle) gave a few minutes to listen to us, so that today we could make this progress.
Thank you, Mr. President. Thank you very much to each and every one of you, who, in the last years (they were years of struggle), gave a few minutes to listen to us, so that today we could make this advance.
Once again, congratulations to our Rapporteur, Deputy Pedro Campos.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
This is a historic achievement that will be remembered by future generations.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
It is a victory, yes, of our entire women's caucus, but also of the Brazilian Parliament, which today says: "We are listening to mothers, we are listening to fathers and we are here to strengthen families."
This is a great day for our Chamber. I am very happy with this victory.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
We will continue fighting so that, in the future, the father and the mother can truly share this responsibility.
Thank you very much, Mr. President. Thank you very much, Rapporteur, for the interjection.
Mr. President, today I was moved by some of the speeches here.
I was moved by Deputy Pedro Campos's speech and I was moved by Deputy Laura Carneiro's speech, because we have some dreams and today we take some very important steps toward the realization of one of those dreams.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
For several years we have worked to extend paternity leave to 60 days.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
We have not gotten there yet, but today we are taking definitive and historic steps so that this leave can be extended to 10, to 15 and to 20 days.
About: gradually extend paternity leave up to 30 days
When that happens, we will resume the discussion.
I found myself thinking about who makes up the public for whom we are fighting this battle.
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About: increase women's retention in the labor market
And I remembered a statistic, Mr. President: half of women do not remain in the labor market after maternity leave, that is, of every two women, one does not remain in the labor market.
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About: reduce postpartum depression
And there is another statistic that is even more frightening to me: of every four women, it is estimated that one has postpartum depression.
What do I mean by that? Everyone in this plenary knows some women who have had postpartum depression.
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